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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

New YORK, Oct 2s-Health Officer Smith,
in his formal report to the quarantine COM
missioners, says that there is no cholera on
the steamship Britannia, and that all the i'm
migrants on Hoffman Island are we'll There
has been no case developed since Oct "a. The
patients on Swinburne Islands are also doing
we'll The authorities say that there is no
possible fear of infection from the passengers
on the Independence, as they were all well
when they landed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

NEW YORK. nct. Typographical Union
No Thursday night voted to leave the
question of ETHER continuance of the COM
positors' strike to the strike committee This
is said to mean that the strike will be declared
off, as the committee consider further strug-
trl. usaIt.ss
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

NEW YORK. Oct 2S-James Gordon Ben
nett has secured suite of six state-rooms on
the French steamship La Gascogne, which
sails for Havre on Saturday. He will occupy
one of these. The others are TO be occupied
by Gen. De Beaumont and several Of the lat
ter's friends who are going to Europe.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct 20 Secretary
Lamar has accepted the invitation to be the
orator at the annual banquet of the New
York chamber of commerce. with the reser-
walton that he may possibly be prevented
from fulfilling the engag ement
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

CHICAGO, Oct rs The failure of the J.
l. Regain Printing company was announced
Thursday night Tue concern is one of tn.
largest in the city. Late in the afternoon
three judgments by confession were entered
in favor of the Union trust company 10.
So IA and seven for James J. West fol-
s44 SO. OF total of $50. 5l7 The liabilities
will amount to Sl25, 900 and the nominal as
sets to about Sl5O,O00 1t is stated that the
failure is due to recent losses amounting &c
So 900, and through the failure of The Bank.
ers' Manual and an illustrated paper J. l.
Regain tried to run
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28
Endorsed the Whole Republican Ticket

New YORK, Oct 2S.-The Irving Hall
county convention has Endorsed the whole
Republican ticket and condemned the Tam
many Hall and County Democrats for what
it terms their indifference to municipal re-
form
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

CINCINNATI, Oct 2S The Broth. rhood of
Base Ball players held meeting Thursday
at the Grand hotel Representatives were
present from all the clubs, among whom
ard John NJ. Ward, of the New York comb
nation; Mike Kelly, of Boston, and Fred n
Pfeffer, of Chicago The deliberations were
sagrat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

ST PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 2S-Andrew Dab
len, carpenter working on the Manitoba
office building. fell from the fifth story to
the ground Thursday. His fall was broken
by the joists between each story. He was
taken home unconscious, and will probably
dia
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

that could have
been desired-ap per
feet Indian summer
day. Veterans We're
every where and the
citizens turned out
en- masse to see the
sights.
Shortly after din
ner members of the
five different di-
visions began to
SLOWLY drift togeth-
.er, and at 2:3o p.
i'm. the grand mar
saal, Gen. Andrew
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

In the opinion of many nurses, training
shoots for children is very much needed
in this country. This opinion would
probably be shared by great majority of
infants if they were capable of forming
an opinion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

New YORK, Oct Is -Mezzeroff. the advo
cate of dynamite methods spoke in Hous-
ton street hall Thursday night. He said that
at the request OF Parnell and associates be
had hitherto kept quiet but would nov
Surfing his system upon the world >
sIrslani does not want home rule under Eng
land. She wants to be free Twenty-Five
dollars judiciously expended will destroy
England's navy, and 500 will wipe England
off the earth
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

CHEYENNE, Wy. L, Oct 2S-Edward S.
Bryant of Boston, miner, while at work in
a shaft of the Silver Crown mine, was killed
Thursday in a singular manner. A high wind
blew piece of timber into the shaft and it
struck Bryant, who was at work seventy feet
below He died in two hours
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

CINCINNATI, Oct 2s-The decision of
Judge Vanderver Wednesday in the Cinciu-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton railway case was
completely superseded and expunged later by
Judge Cox at Glendale The beaten party
stopped there on their way to this city and
obtained an order of stay and supersedure
and the case now has to be begun all over
again. Attorneys were all day Thursday
arguing it, the railway officials having
moved to make the order permanent, the first
one being only temporary. No decision yet
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 2s It A. Har
rison, president OF the Security bank, Of this
city, died Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
of acute pnenn unia, after an illness of several
jeye
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

Geo. W. Esrhart. captain of police,
Baltimore, Md, said: Il have used Sal
yation Oil and found it most excellen,
remedy. 1t has my hearty recommends
ton"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

Crow AGENCY, NJ T., Oct IS The whole
Crow tribe have left their farms and are
camped in large bands along the Big and
Little Horn Lieut. Cole, who returned
Wednesday from Cheyenne agency, reported
that Sword Bearers statement that the Chey-
ennes would join him is false; that a large
council was held AM Sword Bearer was told
that the Cheyennes anf Crows had tough.
together before and that the Crows had run
away, so that they would not join them now
The troops at Fort Meade are HDling them
selves In reaiiness to start at short notice,
but they will probably not be needed
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

WAsHISGToN CITY, Oct 2S-The annual
report of John B. Riley, superindent of In.
dian schools, sets forth that the aggregate
amount of money expended by the govern.
ment for the education of lndian children
during the last fiscal year was Sl,095 $40.
The amount expended on account of the gov.
eminent boarding schools was $7l9 S33 The
sum of s3Jo, 20 was paid for the
support and education of pupils al
contract boarding schools, most of which
are under the control of religious
denominations The day schools maintained
by the government cost S57, $AS and 50, 81.
was paid for the education of people at con-
tract day schools. The whole number of In
dian children between the ages of 8 and 10
years attending school is 1881; of this
plumber "a 'S2, or about S71S per cent at.
tended school some portion OF the year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28
Mrs. Hayes Presides Over a Woman's Meet

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Oct 2s-Mrs. Ruther-
ford b Ha yes presided over the sixth an.
nual meeting of the Methodist Women's
Home Missionary society Thursday. 1t was
opened at IN a m in the First NJ f church.
The Rev. f. NJ. Mills, pastor of the First
church, presiding elder; W. Hsnnable and
Mrs. }. P Benham, gave addresses of well
come, to which Mrs N. c. Alger made the
response. Mrs. R. B Hayes delivered the
presidents address at II 30 a. M, and at
1880 p. m. an adjournment was taken till
o'clock, when the devotional exercises were
conducted by Mrs W. Culver In the even.
ing an exacntiVe session WINS held
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

Already new dinner favors for the com
ing season are exhibited, and go to refute
statements that here is nothing new I'M
der the sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28

Almost anything expensive in wraps
will be fashionable next winter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28
VETERANS OF THE UNION.

A Gala Day at Observation-Disclosures Bick-
erdyke, the Army Nurse.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 2S-Grand Army
day, Thursday, brought thousands of soldiers
to this city from Ohio Indiana, Kentucky,
and West Virginia, and the weather was all
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-28
THE MARKETS,


CHICAGO Oct "a
Board OF trade quotations today were as fol
lows: Wheat-No. ? october, opened 7llac
nominal, closed 7lasc nominal November, opened
and closed 7l3sc; December opened and closed
7sssc Corn-No = October, opened 4issc, closed
4l5sc; November, opened 4ac, closed AIS isc;
December, opened 4ilsc, closed 4lssc. Oats
October. opened a5l4c. closed a5l4c asked
November. opened and closed &5asc; December
opened and closed 259sc Pork January
opened sl237ls closed s1s30-s21s Lard-Octo-
Der, opened and closed $500
Live stock-The Union stock yards report the
following prices: Hogs Market opened active
and firm, with prices unchanged; light grades
A.s44a5; rough packing. 81 1904 %; heavy
packing and shipping lots S4.2sIG465 Cattle
Strong for choioe beeves si,5O@5 10; com
mon, dull, 81 sol3 Is; cows and mixed, 81 25G
eco; stockers, $sOoG30o; Sheep-Dun; In
ferior, ss.3GtS0; good to choice s.. 6o140o;
lambs $450@525
Produce: Butier-Fancy creamery e4aa6c per
b. fancy dairy ia Isc; packing grades, lsc
Eggs-Choice counts lie per doz. Poutry-Hens
and spring chickens. 7QD'.sc per ID; old roosterS
SC; turkeys Sc; ducks. stoslsc; geese, s. OOa
800 per doz foiatoes-EaTly Rose and Beauty Of
Hebron, 60&7ac per bu IN car lots on track Ap-
pes-Fine selections, $s.0OGJ2.5O per Dbl Gran
berries Bell and cherry variety Sc 20 per Dbl;
bell and bugie s. 50.
New York.
NEW YORK Oct e.
Wbeat-Steady; No red winter October. SIC;
do November, s31sc. Corn Steady; No. 2
mixed cash, a3l4c; do do November 5essc:
do December, 52tsc Oats Quiet; No 2 mixed
November, s27sc. Rye Unchanged. Barley
Nominal Pork-Duil; old mess, $l3.50aI3.75;
new do, s140oG1+5D Lard-october, $6YO
November, So 81.
Live Stock: Caffeine demand for beeves to-
day; dressed beef ruled dull and lower; poor to
prime native, 5laG7c: Texas and Colorado do. 4
G5lec, Sheep and lambs-Very tame market for
good stock, and nearly nominal for common
sheep, s. 30; car load from Kansas, S.. u:
lambs, s. 0OI6 ~ Hogs-A triie nrmer; SIs5
O. 10
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13
M. Pasteur's Method,

The Medical News contains a lengthy abstract of the report pre- sented to parliament recently by the British commission appointed last year to inquire into NJ. Pasteur's treatment of hydrophobia. From this abstract the following paragraphs are taken:
 It may hence be deemed certain that M. Pasteur has discovered a method of protection from rabies comparable with that which vaccination affords against infection from smallpox. It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the discovery, whether for it's practical utility or for it's ap- plication in general pathology. It shows a new method of inoculation or as, M. Pasteur sometimes calls it, vac cination, the like of which it may be- come possible to employ for protec- tion of both men and domestic ani- mals against others of the most in- tense kinds of virus. The duration of the immunity conferred by inocula- tion is not determined: but during the two years that have passed since it was first proved there have been no indications of it's being limited.
 The committee think it, therefore, certain that the inoculations practiced by NJ. Pasteur have prevented the oc- currence of hydrophobia in a large proportion of those who, if they had not been so inoculated, would have died of that disease. And his discov- cry shows that it may become possi- ble to arrest by inoculation even after infection, other diseases besides hy- drophobia. His researches have also added very largely to the knowledge of the pathology of hydrophobia, and supplied sure means of determining whether an animal which has died under suspicion of rabies was really affected with that disease or not.
 The Medical NeWs says cditorially "The report of the British Hydropho- bia Commission constitutes the ablest defense of M. Pasteur's method which has yet been made, and it is a cause for congratulation that men so competent to observe facts and weigh evidence have been able, after full investiga- tions, to reach a unanimous conclusion as to the prophylactic value of the in- oculations of Pasteur."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13

A man sat by circus tent smoking pipe turned upside down, when a stranger approached him and said |: "Are you connected with the show" "Oi bes that, sor." "Are you doing well?" "Yis, sor, very well. Oi lave bin promoted, sor, an am gittin' higher wages" "How were you pro- moted?" "Oi lave bin down on all fours wrapped about wid sthriped hide an represintin' terrible grave diggin' hygena, an' Oi had to howl iv'ry foive minutes, sor; but since me promotion Dive got up on me hind legs, and now Oi'm Alkeli Bill, in charge ov the wild west department, eighteen years chief ov scouts, the killer ov tree million booffaloes, ten t'ousand Inuns an two 'undred white men, yer honor !"--Dokota Bell.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13
Written for The ArkdnSdW Trdveter. DER POY VROM DER SHARMAN
 PAND.
BY HAL BERTE.

Ash tid walk around von tay In der shtreet by mine self alone, A Sharman poy some doons vas play Py himself on der pig trombone Und I say, "Liddle pOy, vat do you here, Away from your vaderland?" Und he say, "I come dis way, mynheer To play init der Sharman pand." "BOot, mine little poy, you vas only von, Und de udders. where pees dey?" "All tead, mynheer, boot Hans, who room Nit der mooney somewhere away" "Den coon init me along, mlne poy," '>Und dakes him py der hand Und der fiddle vace all shine nit shOy Of dot poy from der Sharman pand. Den dake him to mine frau to home, Und she smile like anyding When dell her fiddle schild vas coon To der shelder of her wing. 61d vo gife him lager pc ar und ped He vas dired, und could hardly shtand- "I vas glad for somewhere to rest" he said, Since play init dot Sharman pand." Und when he vas oop in ped so sound, Mine Gretchen und me ve creep To look on der fiddle mout vich around Der schmiles all play in his shleep, Den my Gretchen say dot de angels shpeak Nit him und he undershtand, Und 1 shently shtroke wid mine hand del
 sheek
 Of der poy vrom der sharman pand. When der next tay coomed Gretchen arise Cop init de lark in de morn, Und she coomed und said, to mine creat sur
 prise,
 Dot Sharman poy he gone. Und der silver shpoons she could not wind, DNor der deal pot und gruet shtand. All gOne-Achi I will no more be gind
 Nit der poy vrom der Sharman pand
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13
Cheapening a Poem.
Detroit Free Press.

The editor knew that he was poet the moment he opened the door. He was pale and tall and thin, with tan gled hair and wild eyes. Proof posi- tive of his affiiction was given when he drew a roll of manuscript from his pocket and said:
 q have, ahem, little poem here dashed off in an idle hour. I am 8 contributor to the Bingfield Battle Ace, tre-"
 "What is your poem about?" asked the editor. There was vacant quar- ter column in his "make-up" that day, and he was strangely short of "slush. :"
 "Oh, it's on 'The Seasons,'" said the poet, amazed at the editors unheard- of civility.
 "How much you want for it?"
 "Well, I-I-about $40.
 "Forty fiddlesticks! Go to-"
 "Oh, we'll; I beg your pardon, didn't just know what you generally paid. How would twenty-five suit you?"
 "Twenty-f five! Bah! l."
 "Well, say twenty, then?"
 "Why, man alive, can get poems by the bushel, the cord, the carload for"
 "Well, we'll, it's surely worth ten. The Bingfeld Battle -Are editor says"
 "I don't care what he says. He's an editor and ap irresponsible person" i" "But, my dear sir, surely you wouldn't think of offering me paltry $5 for the poem?"
 "I guess not. I'd like to see myself offering you two and half for it."
 "Why, sir, I-I-but then, in con- sideration of your immense circula- tion and the advantages likely to ensue from my name appearing ill your paper, 1 might consider your offer of"
 "I haven't made any offer yet, my friend. This paper ain't got any dol lar and quarter to throw away on poetry at this time of the year."
 "A dollar and a quarter? Why, you said just now that you"
 "No, didn't. But we don't ask our contributors to work for nothing. Now, here's a ticket good for regu- lar, straight twenty ve-cent dinner at Slop's restaurant. If you want to take that in exchange for your forty dollar piece of rot, you can have it."
 "Why, man, IL"
 "Take it, or leave it. Quickw
 "Well, owing to the high standing of your paper, don't know but I'll- Fll-"
 "Oh, you'll take the meal ticket? thought you would"
 He took it and left in it's stead twenty mine pages of foolscap on "The Seasons" the coldest and saddest day of them all having dawned for him at that moment.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13

only remaining rope, and, over whelmed by horror, closed my eyes.
 After long pause I opened them and found myself alone upon the boat alone, 10000 feet above the earth. My companion had vanished. rose still higher, higher, rushing so swiftly through the air that every breath I drew was keenest torture. A sharp frost made my teeth chatter, but sud- denly a suffocating heat took the place of the cold. I found myself in the middle of a glowing, fiery cloud, and heard a terrific report-the gas had burst from it's prison.
 The balloon whirled with horrible rapidity as it collapsed-an ugly, formless mass.
 The descent seemed long. AS neared the earth I saw I was within two miles of the ocean and feared the wind would drive me there. During the whole journey down I had been standing on the end of the boat, cling ing convulsively to the rope. A vio- lent lurch tore it from my hold and hurled me backward. I fell-not, as expected, into space, but in the soft grass of a meadow. I was nearer the ground than I could in my unfortu- nate position judge. The anchor trailing along, had luckily caught fast. had scarcely dropped before the balloon, now unburdened, sailed swiftly off over the sea. A miracle saved me from the most awful peri my exciting life ever brought me Nothing was ever heard of my unfor' tunate companion.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13
cHINAMEN AS SERVANTS.
Correspondence Boston Tran script.


 Just after arrival in San Francisco, a year since, I chanced upon a novel ex- perience. Our landlady, during a space of three weeks, employed and dis charged no less than eighteen or twen- ty Chinamen. Their ages ranged from eighteen to forty. Their wages were from $20 to S30 per month, and they were all without exception incompe- tent and generally miserable. The one unfailing recommendation they possessed was that they were as ready to go as they were to come. If one object to dismissing them curtly, one has only to give an order which they have reason to suppose will be obnox- ious. The reply, which has passed in- to proverb, is sure to be ready: Me no makee dat me gop And go he does within the next ten menutes. Any hesitation ill regard to the settle ment of the short account makes no difference; he zones all the same, re- turning on some other occasion for his pay.
 About one in twenty, I should judge, make tolerable servants; one in hundred the best obtainable. It is a great mistake to suppose these low voiced, meek faced people lacking in independence of character. They are able, if compelled by their needs, to submit, but their needs are few. Gen. orally they can afford, in their view of the subject, to suit themselves when it becomes difficult to suit you. A months wages will support them in the luxuries of rice and opium for an indefinite period.
 Meanwhile, ill spite of prejudice and in spite of foundation for it, tho Chinaman remains most useful and picturesque element of our civiliza- tion. Chinese women are rarely seen in our streets; but during the new years festivals their brilliant gar ments, in which they seem to be en- cased, layer upon layer, after the man. ner ot Chinese puzzle, their piquant and often pretty faces and their gayly caparisoned feet were not infrequent sights. Sometimes children accom- panied them-boys, think. q doubt if there are any girls.) These boys are quite amusing, with their wonderful robes, cut in grown-up Chinese fash ion. Their impish, glittering eyes, we'll turned up at the corners, with their polished yellow and red cheeks, hard and round as pomegranates, and their long, gay, silken "pigtails" (pink silk for instance), toddling in their quite stiff shoes, they looked, for all the world, like Chinese toys, and one tancied that if one could only pull well the exquisitely braided cue, the little figure might break into stereo- typed toy antics.
 The Chinese are proverbially hos pitable during their festival seasons sometimes to the outside barbarian embarrassingly so.
 The visitor is invariably pressed with various confections, some of these colorless and fortunately mostly tasteless, but of general sliminess of construction; others many tinted and worm like, that my guide assured me were composed of the candied entrails of rats. l can only say the form of these latter delicacies bore out the idea.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13
BABY HUMORS And all Skin and Scalp Dis. eases Speedily Cured
 by Cuticura.

Our little son will be four of age the 18th painful breans Out he of ws rSs wn very physician who treated him for about four weeks. The child received little good from the treat ment as the breaking out supposed by the physI- clan to be hives in an aggravated form, became larger in blotches, and more and more distressing. We were frequently obliged to get up in the night and rub him with soda in water, strong liniments, etc. Finally, we called other physicians, until no less thaR six had tempted to cure him, all alike failing, and the child steadily getting worse and worse. until about the 20th Of last July, when we began to give him CUTICUBA REsoLvENT inter- nally, and the CUTICURA and CUTICURA SOAP ex- formally. and by the last of August he was so nearly well that we gave him only one dose of the REsoLVENT about every second day for about ten days longer and he has never been troubled since with the horrible malsdy. In all we used less than one half of bottle of CUTIcURA RE SOLVENT, little less than one box of CuTIcuRA and only one cake of CUTIcURA SOAP.
 H. E. RYAN, Cayuga, Livingston Co.,, III. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of
 January, 1887. c. N. COZ, J. P.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-13

Boarding House French.-Mrs. A. (who is taking French lessons). "Now, Bridget, when Prof. Blanque comes you must say 'Entrez' to him, and he will know what you mean and come into the parlor." (The bell rings, and Bridget goes to the door. It is the Professor). "Ontario," says Bridget. "Wud ye walk into the pairler, sur?" (The Professor walked in, and Bridget reported her triumph to the cook).- Hd,pe,'s Bazdr.